What Is The Point In Compression Socks? | Calf Guards & Recovery Tights Explained

Compression socks, calf guards, recovery tights, what you call them doesn’t matter but more importantly, why would you wear them? Compression garments split opinion, you see top-level athletes racing, traveling, and or recovering in them but is there any evidence behind their benefits?

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